Quantification of immunohistochemical findings of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques for a diagnosis of dementia in forensic autopsy cases

Quantitative diagnostic criteria for dementia were made by counting and measuring tau-positive NFT and beta-amyloid-positive SP from image data using image analysis software.The total number of NFT in AH and total number of SP in PHG may be useful for diagnosing dementia (p

Source: Legal Medicine - August 22, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Mio Takayama, Masayuki Kashiwagi, Aya Matsusue, Brian Waters, Kenji Hara, Natsuki Ikematsu, Shin-ichi Kubo Source Type: research